1968 VFL Season Round 11: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 29 June 1968 between Essendon and Geelong during round eleven of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Essendon (14.20.104) defeated Geelong (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 29 June 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 24,838

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 14.20.104 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 1 9 . 6 12 . 14 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Geelong 2 . 1 4 . 4 10 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin ESSE by 6 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain: Don McKenzie
Coach: Jack Clarke

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 4 0 1 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 2 14 13 1 5 0 2 2
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 7 0 2 2
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Ellis, John ? ? 1 4 24 15 9 4 0 2 2
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 2 21 13 8 5 0 0 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 6 2 2 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 1 34 29 5 4 0 5 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 2 13 12 1 1 0 2 0
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Lake, Eddie ? ? 2 3 14 11 3 6 0 2 0
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 1 23 3 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 4 3 9 9 0 4 0 1 3
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 0 1
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 4
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 1 27 26 1 5 0 1 1
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 5 12 0 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 20 272 229 43 67 37 24 29

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 3 3
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 3 0 1 2
19 Davies, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 1 2
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 1
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 2 0 0 2
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 23 23 0 2 0 2 1
20 Marsden, Rodger ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 2 25 22 3 8 0 2 2
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 13 1 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 1 26 24 2 5 0 2 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 6 22 3 2
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 2 2
7 Primmer, Barry ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 0 0
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 4 1
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 1 3 8 8 0 3 0 0 0
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 2 0 10 10 0 4 0 3 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 5 2 12 9 3 3 0 2 2
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 1 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 9 269 224 45 57 36 29 24

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s